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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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definite recognition of the responsibil- 

 ities of Congress and of the adminis- 

 trative officers of the government. 



Meeting at On March 3, at Char- 



Charlotte, i otte> x. C, an interest- 



ing and important meet- 

 ing was held in the interest of forestry. 

 Three sessions were held in the morn- 

 ing, afternoon and evening, and a 

 number of those prominent in the for- 

 est movement, and particularly in the 



Gaskill, of the Forest Service ; Mr. F. 

 H. Newell, chief engineer, United 

 States Reclamation Service ; Prof. J. 

 A. Holmes, state geologist, and others. 



In the morning a reception was ten- 

 dered by the Southern Manufacturers' 

 Club ; the afternoon session was held 

 at the Academy of Music, at which a 

 number of excellent addresses were 

 made. Stress was laid upon the im- 

 portance of conserving the forests, lest 



View Showing the Remaining Portion of the Arizona Dam, which was Washed 



Away by the Flood of April 13, 1905. 



effort for the establishment of the Ap- 

 palachian Forest Reserve, were pres- 

 ent and spoke. These included Gover- 

 nor Glenn of North Carolina, who 

 presided at all sessions ; Governor Ter- 

 rell of Georgia, Mr. Gifford Pinchot, 

 chief of the United States Forest Ser- 

 vice ; Mr. C. A. Schenck, director of 

 Biltmore Forest School ; Dr. W. Gill 

 Wylie, president of the Southern Pow- 

 er Co.; Mr. Alfred Akerman, state 

 forester of Massachusetts; Mr. Alfred 



the water powers of the South so 

 vital to its welfare be dangerously 

 impaired. 



The evening session was more large- 

 ly attended, and a distinctly "popular" 

 program was offered, probably the 

 most interesting portion of which was 

 an illustrated lecture on forest preser- 

 vation by Prof. J. A. Holmes. Excel- 

 lent addresses were made by Dr. I. 

 Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill, N. C, as- 

 sistant state geologist ; Mr. Fred C. 



